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Online Voting System - An outline

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 4-MAY-2009

Please consider the following innovative sketchy module for adoption so that a debated final product props up from Prajegalu: 

ONLINE VOTING/Electoral Rolls IT enabled/Issue of National Security-cum-multipurpose ID Card instead of EPIC :

What is the reason for pathetic voting % in Bangalore south?

E.R. Ramachandran - 27-APR-2009

What is the reason for abysmal voting pattern in Bangalore which must be rated from 'poor' to 'terrible'. Despite tremendous efforts on creating awareness on 'Need to vote' in both electronic and Print media, voters especially the urban  middle and upper middle class , who complain' maximum 'on any issue ,have stayed away from exercising their right to vote.

Educative ads

Ravi_D - 14-APR-2009

If you haven't seen this PCRA ad yet, you should. Simple yet effective. One of the better ones I have come across recently (I hardly catch 10 minutes of TV these days, so might have easily missed a lot more).

Such ads might be our best bet to make us realize consequences of our current actions.

building violation

ahumanbean - 6-APR-2009

Long time reader of this excellent praja.in website here.  Not sure where to post this:
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Advice requested:

Seminar on "Decongesting Bangalore - Innovative Solutions for a Cleaner Greener Bangalore"

deepakar - 4-APR-2009

This was an info posted on bngcore. Forwarding it to praja because folks here might be interested to attend. I've created an event on the praja calendar. You can find the synopsis of the seminar as part of the event description. Here's the URL

http://bangalore.praja.in/events/2009/04/decongesting-bangalore-innovativesolutions-a-cleaner-greener-bangalore


Petition: Stop Amendment of EIA Notification 2006

indian - 30-MAR-2009

MoEF (Ministry of Environment & Forests) in a notification issued recently proposes to amend the EIA Notification in such a manner that it will negate the very purpose of the Notification, besides compromising human rights of hundreds of project affected communities and the ecological security of India.

Spot the number of wrongs

idontspam - 26-MAR-2009

Spot the number of wrongs in this scene

Climate change and bengaluru

jennypinto - 25-MAR-2009

prajagale,

i have recently joined CSM, (csmworld.org) an international org that addresses climate change issues.
under their umberella i am attempting to put together a"climate  festival"  that looks at  climate change and bengaluru. (other cities will follow)

42.5% of Children are Malnurished in India

Ravi_D - 13-MAR-2009

Though not typical of Praja discussions, I think this report is worth sharing and pondering about. It moved me so much, couldn't resist bringing up a national issue...

Take a look at today's NY Times article: As Indian Growth Soars, Chid Hunger Persists.

KA ranked low in RTI compliance

Ravi_D - 12-MAR-2009

Karnataka is ranked a poor 15th amongst 28 states in complying with RTI Act.